oleg Cambria the only FE provider in the UK to be awarded health and safety gold status
COLEG CAMBRIA has received gold status for its delivery of health and safety qualifications. The North Wales college is the first and only FE provider in the UK to receive the accreditation from NEBOSH (National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health). The institution – which has sites in [...]
Nursery staff celebrate diploma success ahead of marathon challenge
ACHIEVING a top care qualification was child’s play for staff at a college nursery. Nine employees from Toybox nursery at Coleg Cambria Deeside have gained the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Children's Care, Learning and Development (Advanced Practice). The work-based accreditation can lead to a role as a [...]
Clogau Gold reveals turnver increase and 2020 plans as Christmas campaign is launched
CLOGAU GOLD has seen turnover rise by almost 20% after opening new stores across the country. The North Wales jewellery firm has a blueprint for high street success and plans to unveil four more units in 2020. That will take their total number of boutiques to 15, bucking the [...]
Coleg Cambria alumnus stars in West End hit Matilda and reveals London ambition
KANE OLIVER PARRY has a driving ambition – for his face to appear on the side of a London bus. The former Coleg Cambria student may soon get his wish, having made a name for himself in some of the West End’s biggest musicals. Originally from Rhyl, the 30 [...]
Wrexham Glyndwr University Signs Up To Rare Aware Charter
Wrexham Glyndwr University has become the latest backer of a charter supporting people with rare diseases. The University has lent its support to the Rare Aware Charter, organised by Mold-based not for profit organisation Same but Different. The charter is one of a range of ways in which Same [...]
Coleg Cambria attracts cream of young farmers to become dairy entrepreneurs
A LAND-BASED college welcomed the cream of young farmers to Denbighshire for a series of workshops designed to attract aspiring entrepreneurs to the dairy industry Coleg Cambria Llysfasi is hosting the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) Entrepreneurs in Dairying workshops for the first time. The business and finance training [...]
Solar energy entrepreneur wins national business award and plans for revenue growth
Gareth Jones, Managing Director of the Carbon Zero Group, was named Businessman of the Year at the Welsh SME Business Awards, held at The Exchange Hotel in Cardiff. In what has been a challenging period for UK industry, the Mochdre-based retail and tourism pioneer has bucked the trend and [...]
Former windsurfer to transform Anglesey landmark into hotel and business centre
ONE of Anglesey’s best-known buildings is to be transformed into a business centre and conference venue. Tristan Haynes, the new owner of Grade II-listed Shire Hall in Llangefni, is also planning to open a pod hotel, an art gallery and attract companies of all sizes to the 45-room landmark. [...]
North Wales skin clinic unveils new technology unavailable outside of Harley Street
AN AWARD-WINNING skin clinic has invested in new technology to remain at the forefront of advances in the aesthetics sector. Pure Perfection Clinic in Rossett, near Chester and Wrexham, has added ground-breaking Diolaze and Morpheus8 machinery to its growing list of pioneering treatments. Morpheus8, a fractional skin process that [...]
News from Wrexham Glyndwr University – University holds final open day of 2019
Places are still available for Wrexham Glyndwr University’s final open day of 2019 – which takes place this weekend. The day, on November 9, offers prospective students the chance to see the university’s facilities – including recently updated teaching and social learning spaces which have been completed under the [...]
Ambition Board signs Heads of Terms with UK and Welsh Governments for £1bn North Wales Growth Deal
THE £1BILLION North Wales Growth Deal has reached a landmark milestone Representatives from North Wales Economic Ambition Board joined the Welsh and UK Governments to sign Heads of Terms and agree the seven programmes that will form the Deal from 2020 onwards. The Heads of Terms commits the two [...]
CITY RIVALS COME TOGETHER TO TOAST LIVERPOOL’S THRIVING HOSPITALITY SCENE
CITY RIVALS COME TOGETHER TO TOAST LIVERPOOL’S THRIVING HOSPITALITY SCENE Bringing a number of business rivals together for a two-hour boat trip could be a recipe for disaster - but not in Liverpool. As the most famous sons of this great city once sang “Come Together” – that’s [...]
